Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen Edition)
by Todd Phillips
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Actor: Ben Stiller, Juliette Lewis, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince VaughnDirector: Todd Phillips
Brand: Warner
Writer: Todd Phillips
Producer: William Blinn
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
Producer: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Tony Ludwig
Producer: Alan Riche
Producer: Gilbert Adler
Writer: John O'brien
Writer: Scot Armstrong
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 28403
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: To say that this movie was entertaining would be a bit of an understatement
Summary: 3 Stars
I was originally interested in the movie Starsky & Hutch because Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson starred in it together. I had seem them act together in both The Royal Tenenbaums and Zoolander and realised that they made one of the greatest comedic duos I had ever seen in movies. The way that they play off one another so effortlessly is what makes their movies so entertaining to watch. Starsky & Hutch was no exception. I have never seen an episode of the original show but I am actually considering doing so out of curiosity.
Ben Stiller plays David Starsky, a police officer who appears to be hopelessly uptight. However, we soon realise that he has his wild side and a bit of an unnatural maternal instinct for his car. Owen Wilson plays Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson, an unprofessional police officer who is entirely nonchalant in pretty much any situation he and Starsky find themselves in. A few other lead characters are Snoop Dogg who plays Huggy Bear (who as far as I could tell was just a stoned drug dealer with an aversion to being touched) and Vince Vaughn who plays Reese Feldman, a disgusting little worm of a man (i. e. a drug dealer).
The movie opens on Feldman's yacht. He is unhappy about the loss of some of his cocaine and shoots the person responsible, Terrence Meyers (played very briefly by David Pressman). Then there's a scene of Starsky chasing a purse-snatcher, clearly the man has a bit of an ego and this is only proven when he opens fire in the midst of citizens. We are also introduced to Hutch who gets busted as he's leaving a small business that he just robbed with a couple other men. After that, we meet Captain Doby (played by Fred Williamson) and Starsky and Hutch are made partners.
At first Starsky's and Hutch's personalities clash and they have minor squabbles over trivial things such as when it's appropriate to actually come into work, whether or not to answer a radio call at noon, and what to do with a floater (nudge it into the current with a stick or actually do their job and solve crime?). Slowly, but surely, they begin to rub off on each other (although we don't get to see most of that unfortunately). They also begin to grow to like one another and learn how to work together despite their differences and subsequent bickering.
Since I have never seen an actual episode of the show that this spoof was based on, I can't really say how good of a job that the cast and crew did on making a complete mockery of the show, but I can say that I was sufficiently amused. My laughs were sparse at first but I found that halfway through the movie I was laughing uproariously. To say that this movie was entertaining would be a bit of an understatement. The script was great and the cast pulled off all the jokes smoothly, proof of their talent and sense of humour. A few other performances worth mentioning and paying attention to were Juliette Lewis's role as Kitty (Feldman's "girl-on-the-side") and Will Ferrell's role as Big Earl (a prisoner who is very much into dragons and... Hutch... or Dragon Hutch in other words).
Despite the fact that I did like this movie for the acting, comedy, and satire, I just wasn't very impressed with the overall result. I do enjoy comedies, especially anything with Ben Stiller and/or Owen Wilson, but I tend to lean toward dramas and I don't like movies about drugs or with very little plot. I understand that this was a spoof and that was the point, but I think that it could have been made a bit more intelligent in that area, by filling it slightly. The target audience, I'm sure, was probably more attracted to this film than someone like me who prefers foreign films rather than American movies. A good example of an intelligent satire would be the French film Bon Voyage.
I recommend this movie to anyone who is a fan Stiller/Wilson movies and light-hearted comedies. It's not very substantial, but it will keep you amused until the credits roll.
Description of Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen Edition)
In Starsky & Hutch, the origins of the charismatic crime-fighting duo David Starsky and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson are explored when these undercover Bay City detectives are partnered for their very first assignment. Ben Stiller plays the tightly wound Detective David Starsky who is thrown together with Owen Wilson's easygoing Detective Ken Hutchinson on a high-stakes case. Platinum-selling rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays their savvy street informant Huggy Bear. Vince Vaughn also joins the cast as Reese Feldman, a smooth-talking entrepreneur with an eye towards the future.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Director Todd Phillips
Deleted Scenes
Easter Eggs:Vince's Bit for the Kids -- Easter Egg (Vince discusses his thoughts on DVD special features)
Featurette:Last Look Special - Documentary Spoof (A spoof on behind-the-scenes documentaries)
Other:Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit Huggy Bizzle (Fashion insights with Snoop Dogg)
Outtakes
Theatrical Trailer
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson--dark, wiry, and tense meets blond, lanky, and loose--make a solid comic team (and previously appeared together in Zoolander), but the funniest man in Starsky and Hutch is Vince Vaughn. Vaughn dives into his role as a sleazy drug dealer (who nonetheless buys a pony for his daughter's bat mitzvah) with the offhand zest that he brings to almost every role (from Swingers to Old School) and effortlessly steals every scene he's in. Vaughn has concocted a new and undetectable kind of cocaine, and only two cops who aren't afraid to break the rules--our titular pair--can catch him. But the plot isn't the point; mocking-yet-loving jabs at the '70s, including the homoerotic overtones of Starsky and Hutch's partnership, are what this movie is about. The satire is surprisingly mild but entertaining nonetheless, particularly when Vaughn or Snoop Dogg (as informant Huggy Bear) hold the screen. --Bret Fetzer
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